Rumor has it that the one dollar bill has a connection with a prominent secret society. I believe the celebration of Independence Day has a connectionwith another type of celebration, if you know what I mean. These pictures, fireworks going off, shooting in the sky, all make things so much clearer.

The first thought that went through my head when I saw Cake #1 - Wow! Captain America is getting all...penis-ishy!! Then I read your comments and found out it was just a messed up fire cracker. Ho hum.

The 'Patriotic Donot Holes' remind me of all the 'patriotically' painted bollards, walls and street lights they have around here. Some how i think shouting ''Vive La France'' every time i see them, wouldn't actually go down too well.Yeah I live in Northern Ireland.

I am canadian and totally offended by the bloody bandaid comment... You bunch of Patriotic Donut Holes.

Just kidding. I think the baker of the canada cake must of been celebrating Canada Day a little early, and we do that by walking to the beer store, bringing home a 2-4, drinking and repeating as nessicary.

Er, uh... [fondly remembering the days when wreckerators were not sure how many stripes the Flag should have or were perhaps confused about the color scheme.]

@pikkewyntjie, as an American who has zero use for bureaucrats regardless of nationality, I find your comment completely non-offensive. Not to mention funny.

That said, think I'll mosey on over to the shelter, just in case. I'll bring some Canada Dry Cream Soda and some non-patriotic donut holes. (I have a lingering suspicion of red food coloring while blue...well, you know, is really not my idea of 'guy food'. It's that whole 'you are what you eat' thing (shudders).

I have no idea why but the statement at least they remembered the blue balls this time.. made me die of laughter and my poor hubby just looked on at me. Ahhh Blinky they finally got you you mean Pac-Man eating jerk. He got me so many times as a kid I guess I hold old grudges lol.

I'm impressed. I donated to "mycharity:water" 18 months ago (during your x-mas 1 dollar a day challenge ) and today out of the blue I received an e-mail updating me on where my donation went & the difference it made AND they didn't ask me to donate more or even suggest that they needed more money; Which of course makes me want to donate again. When does this ever happen?

Thanks for putting me in touch with what seems to be a really refreshing (yet it, refreshing, HAHA) charity.

I just ordered a cake for my son's July 4th birthday. I asked that they put fireworks on it. The girl who took the order had just told me that she was new and had NEVER done a cake order before. I was already worried about what kind of wreck I'll end up with; now that I've seen this post I'm positively frightened!

It's astonishing how much time and effort goes into making some of these cupcake cakes epically bad. Making them decent boxes of cupcakes would actually be easier. Take that patriotic . . . Christmas . . . stocking . . . thing. Start with bald cupcakes. Swirl on some white frosting in a big old rosette using a big old rosette tip or smooth on some of the glossy kind, whichever. Sprinkle with red white and blue sprinkles. Done, and probably in half the time.

The first cake: Thanks for warning me. How the hell didn't anybody at the bakery notice?

I called my husband over to look at this cake "that's supposed to be a firecracker." He walked over and blurted out "Why is that a penis?" I told him it was supposed to be a firecracker and he replied "That's a broken a penis. Someone actually made that for a real person?" And... we have the whole point of CW!

Reading this post with a guy was doubly amusing-- your humour, his wince ;)

The only thing I can think of to explain #1, 2, and 6 (all with fire/explosion coming out of the side of the 'rocket') is that (a) the wreckerator has only seen fireworks disasters, where those lighting the rockets get maimed because the cheap rockets blew up rather than shot up, or (b) they are in rather desperate need of sex ed.

@Anonymous at 10:17-- brilliant.@pikkewyntjie-- well, of course, Canadians would never be so impolite to actually assert our independence with weaponry ;)

Is it just me, or is that so-called maple leaf upside down? (BTW, "Bloody band aid" and penis-ishy were definitely awesome descriptors!)

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